Portuguese American Journal

Portuguese American Journal

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Community | FBI raids Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s home and office  Community | Diaspora mobilizes to join storm relief effort Teolinda Gersão | Narrative talent transcending literary boundaries Social Media | Parliament proposes bill requiring parental consent for minors Update | Persistent severe downpouring forces evacuations
 

Community | FBI raids Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s home and office – Los Angeles, CA

Federal authorities have executed search warrants at the residence and district office of Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), as part of an ongoing investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). According to federal officials, agents carried out “court-authorized search warrants” at Carvalho’s home in the San Pedro […]

Community | Diaspora mobilizes to join storm relief effort – Portugal

The Portuguese American communities across the United States are mobilizing in solidarity with families and municipalities in Portugal, affected by a succession of severe rainstorms that have caused fatalities, widespread flooding, infrastructure damage, and displacement across several regions.  Relief authorities in Portugal report significant impacts on housing, local businesses, agriculture, and public infrastructure, underscoring the […]

Teolinda Gersão | Narrative talent transcending literary boundaries – Interview

By Maria Duran On the 29th of October, 2025, Portuguese writer Teolinda Gersão became a second-time winner of the APE-DGLAB Romance and Novel Grand Prize. Autobiografia não escrita de Martha Freud (2024), [The Unwritten Autobiography of Martha Freud], published by Porto Editora, earned her the 43rd edition of the award, organized by the Portuguese Writers […]

Social Media | Parliament proposes bill requiring parental consent for minors – Portugal

Portugal’s parliament has approved legislation that would restrict minors’ access to social media platforms by requiring parental authorization for users under the age of 16, making it one of Europe’s most concrete legislative steps toward regulating youth activity online. The proposal, introduced by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), mandates explicit, verified parental consent for minors […]

Update | Persistent severe downpouring forces evacuations – Portugal

Heavy and persistent rainfall continues to affect mainland Portugal as successive Atlantic systems prolong saturated ground conditions and heighten flood risk across several regions, forcing evacuations. Prime Minister Luís Montenegro described the extreme weather episodes as a “devastating crisis” affecting communities across the country while emphasizing that emergency coordination and recovery efforts continue nationwide. Mário […]

The Week: Money, money, and more money… – By Len Port

07 May 2016

By Len Port, Contributor (*) This week’s revelations about the money laundering activities of Russian gangsters in Portuguese and other European football circles come just days before an avalanche of new information is published from the leaked Panama Papers. The Russian racket in Portugal was uncovered by the Polícia Judiária (PJ) with the support of […]

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Posted in Featured, Life Style, Organizations, Politics, Portugal, Sports, World

May 5th – International Day of the Portuguese Language and Culture – CPLP

05 May 2016

The Lusophone world is celebrating today the International Day of the Portuguese Language and Culture. The celebrations, which were first held in May 5, 2013, will take place in about five dozen countries. The initiative was launched by the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) during the 14th CPLP Council of Ministers meeting, in Cape […]

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Posted in Angola, Azores, Brazil, Cape Verde, Community, Damão, Diu, East Timor, Featured, Goa, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Macau, Madeira, Mozambique, Organizations, People, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, World

Lajes: President Vasco Cordeiro to meet Permanent Bilateral Commission this week – Washington, DC

04 May 2016

The President of the Government of the Azores, Vasco Cordeiro, will participated May 6 in a high-level bilateral meeting in Washington, DC, with the Permanent Bilateral Commission, between Portugal and the United States, to address the plan in progress to downsizing the US military presence in the Lajes Field, Terceira island. This is the fourth […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira, World

Book: ‘Shadowboxing with Bukowski’ by Darrel Kastin – Editor’s Note

01 May 2016

Shadowboxing with Bukowski is the tragicomic tale of Nicholas Kastinovich, a young bookseller who struggles to keep his bookstore afloat in the harbor town of San Pedro, CA, where the infamous Charles Bukowski dwells. Ostracized by fellow business owners, pushed to the edge by many things, not least of which is the curmudgeonly ghost of […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, People, World

Community: Premier Michael Dunkley to visit the Azores – Bermuda

29 April 2016

The Premier of Bermuda, Michael Dunkley, will visit the Azores officially, Monday May 2-5, at the invitation of Vasco Cordeiro the President of the Government of the Azores. He will visit the islands of São Miguel, Faial, and Pico. The invitation was formalized in June 2015, to mark 165 years of Azorean emigration to Bermuda. […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Faial, Featured, Heritage, People, Pico, São Miguel

Book: ‘Intersecting Diaspora Boundaries’ – Editor’s Note

28 April 2016

This collection of essays provides both critical and interdisciplinary means for thinking across diasporic travels within the Portuguese experience and its intersection with other peoples and cultures. The chapters are organized into four sections and offer rich, diverse, and insightful studies that provide a conceptualization of the Portuguese diaspora with special attention to the importance […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage